Clearwater Emerging Indigenous Water Leader Scholarship

All Scholarships for the 2021/22 IWC Water Leadership Program are subject to the following general eligibility criteria:

• Applicants must have at least 3 years of work experience in the water industry/sector
• Applicants must be an Australian or New Zealand citizen or Australian permanent resident currently working in Australia.
• Be able to communicate clearly in English
• Applicant’s work supervisors must understand the nature of the program and support their application.

All applicants for this (see definition of Clearwater full scholarship on page 2 of these T&Cs) Scholarship must
satisfy the following eligibility criteria:

1. Is of Aboriginal descent and Identifies as an Aboriginal person and be accepted by your community.
2. Currently working for a local government, water authority or catchment management authority, Aboriginal Land
   Council anywhere in Victoria working in water management.
3. Currently hold a position that allows the recipient to advance IWM approaches.
4. Currently occupy project, team or program management roles in which they have the potential to enable the
   development of others, especially Indigenous people
5. Possess a strong commitment to learning and personal development, including the ability to respond positively
   to feedback
6. Have a desire to complement their technical and management skills with advanced leadership capabilities
7. Be able to demonstrate aspirations to improve their ability to influence stakeholders and drive change in order
   to deliver more integrated forms of water management
8. An ability to travel to Brisbane and attend both face-to-face training sessions in February 2022 (5 days) and
   July 2022 (2 days)
9. Have organisational support from current employer to attend the program

All Scholarships for the 2021/22 IWC Water Leadership Program are subject to the following general terms and conditions:

• Full participation in all elements of the program is expected. This includes the ability to travel to Brisbane to physically attend the two face-to-face training sessions in February and July 2022 (COVID permitting).
• If an applicant is offered a scholarship but fails to formally accept the scholarship (i.e. in writing by email) within 3 days, the scholarship may be offered to another applicant.
• Scholarship recipients will be guaranteed a place in the program in 2021/22.
• Scholarships are not transferable to future years or to other people.

Scholarship specific additional eligibility criteria and terms and conditions are detailed here.